Can Differences in Characteristics Explain Ethnic Wage Gap in Latvia?

We used anonymized micro data from Labour Force Survey to estimate the ethnic wage gap in Latvia and find the factors that explain it. We found that a notable ethnic wage gap still exists in Latvia with non-Latvians earning 10 % less than Latvians in 2015. The results of Oaxaca-Ransom decomposition...

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Main Authors: Vilerts Kārlis, Krasnopjorovs Oļegs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-04-01
Series:Economics and Business
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/eb-2017-0001